# 2017–18 Vijay Hazare Trophy

The 2017–18 Vijay Hazare Trophy was the 25th edition of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, an annual List A cricket tournament in India. It was held between 5 and 27 February 2018. Tamil Nadu were the defending champions. In December 2017, the fixtures were brought forward to allow players to practice ahead of the 2018 Indian Premier League.
Following the conclusion of the group stages, Baroda and Karnataka from Group A, Maharashtra and Delhi from Group B, Andhra and Mumbai from Group C, and Hyderabad and Saurashtra from Group D had progressed to the knockout stage of the competition.
On the first day of quarter-final matches, Karnataka beat Hyderabad by 103 runs and Maharashtra beat Mumbai by 7 wickets to advance to the semi-finals. In the other two quarter-finals, Saurashtra beat Baroda by 3 wickets and Andhra beat Delhi by 6 wickets to progress. It was the first time that Andhra had reached the semi-finals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
In the first semi-final, Karnataka beat Maharashtra by 9 wickets to advance to the final. In the second semi-final, Saurashtra beat Andhra by 59 runs to progress. In the final, Karnataka beat Saurashtra by 41 runs to win the tournament. Karnataka's Mayank Agarwal scored 723 runs during the tournament and scored 2,141 runs across all formats, the highest total by any batsman in an Indian domestic season.

## Teams

The teams were drawn in the following groups:

## Group A

Points table
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Baroda | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 2.012 |
| 2 | Karnataka | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 1.489 |
| 3 | Punjab | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.473 |
| 4 | Odisha | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | −0.224 |
| 5 | Railways | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | −0.444 |
| 6 | Haryana | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | −0.426 |
| 7 | Assam | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.401 |
* Top two teams advanced to the knockout stage

## Group B

Points table
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Maharashtra | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 0.878 |
| 2 | Delhi | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.727 |
| 3 | Kerala | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0.288 |
| 4 | Himachal Pradesh | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | −0.108 |
| 5 | Uttar Pradesh | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | −0.563 |
| 6 | Bengal | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0.007 |
| 7 | Tripura | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.127 |
* Top two teams advanced to the knockout stage

## Group C

Points table
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Andhra | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0.626 |
| 2 | Mumbai | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.324 |
| 3 | Madhya Pradesh | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0.112 |
| 4 | Goa | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | −0.411 |
| 5 | Tamil Nadu | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.468 |
| 6 | Rajasthan | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | −0.791 |
| 7 | Gujarat | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.321 |
* Top two teams advanced to the knockout stage

## Group D

Points table
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Hyderabad | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0.646 |
| 2 | Saurashtra | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1.017 |
| 3 | Vidarbha | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.718 |
| 4 | Chhattisgarh | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | −0.103 |
| 5 | Jharkhand | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.325 |
| 6 | Jammu & Kashmir | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | −1.040 |
| 7 | Services | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.508 |
* Top two teams advanced to the knockout stage

## Knockout stage

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| D1 | Hyderabad | 244 (42.5 overs) | | | | | | |
| A2 | Karnataka | 347/8 (50 overs) | | | | | | |
| A2 | Karnataka | 347/8 (50 overs) | A2 | Karnataka | 164/1 (30.3 overs) | | | |
| | | | B1 | Maharashtra | 160 (44.3 overs) | | | |
| C2 | Mumbai | 222/9 (50 overs) | B1 | Maharashtra | 160 (44.3 overs) | | | |
| B1 | Maharashtra | 224/3 (46.5 overs) | | | | | | |
| B1 | Maharashtra | 224/3 (46.5 overs) | | | | A2 | Karnataka | 253 (45.5 overs) |
| | | | | | | D2 | Saurashtra | 212 (46.3 overs) |
| A1 | Baroda | 247/8 (50 overs) | | | | | | | D2 | Saurashtra | 212 (46.3 overs) |
| D2 | Saurashtra | 251/7 (48.4 overs) | | | | | | |
| D2 | Saurashtra | 251/7 (48.4 overs) | D2 | Saurashtra | 255 (49.1 overs) | | | |
| | | | C1 | Andhra | 196 (45.3 overs) | | | |
| C1 | Andhra | 112/4 (28.4 overs) | C1 | Andhra | 196 (45.3 overs) | | | |
| B2 | Delhi | 111 (32.1 overs) | | | | | | |

### Quarter-finals

* 1st Quarter-final 21 February 2018 Scorecard
| Karnataka 347/8 (50 overs) | v | Hyderabad 244 (42.5 overs) |
| Mayank Agarwal 140 (111) Mohammed Siraj 5/59 (10 overs) | | Ambati Rayudu 64 (62) Shreyas Gopal 5/31 (6.5 overs) |
* Karnataka won by 103 runs Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: Anil Chaudhary and Virender Sharma
* Karnataka won the toss and elected to bat.
* Tanay Thyagarajan (Hyderabad) made his List A debut.
* 2nd Quarter-final 21 February 2018 Scorecard
| Mumbai 222/9 (50 overs) | v | Maharashtra 224/3 (46.5 overs) |
| Suryakumar Yadav 69 (88) Pradeep Dadhe 3/57 (10 overs) | | Shrikant Mundhe 70 (95) Shivam Malhotra 1/29 (6 overs) |
* Maharashtra won by 7 wickets Palam A Ground, Model Sports Complex, Delhi Umpires: Nitin Menon and Nitin Pandit
* Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat.
* Prashant Kore (Maharashtra) made his List A debut.
* 3rd Quarter-final 22 February 2018 Scorecard
| Baroda 247/8 (50 overs) | v | Saurashtra 251/7 (48.4 overs) |
| Soaeb Tai 72* (91) Chirag Jani 4/35 (10 overs) | | Avi Barot 82 (105) Atit Sheth 3/38 (9.4 overs) |
* Saurashtra won by 3 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: Anil Chaudhary and Navdeep Singh
* Saurashtra won the toss and elected to field.
* Chetan Sakariya (Saurashtra) made his List A debut.
* 4th Quarter-final 22 February 2018 Scorecard
| Delhi 111 (32.1 overs) | v | Andhra 112/4 (28.4 overs) |
| Rishabh Pant 38 (46) Siva Kumar 4/29 (10 overs) | | Ashwin Hebbar 38 (66) Ishant Sharma 1/11 (4 overs) |
* Andhra won by 6 wickets Palam A Ground, Model Sports Complex, Delhi Umpires: Nitin Pandit and Nitin Menon
* Andhra won the toss and elected to field.
* Match reduced to 49 overs per side.

### Semi-finals

* 1st Semi-final 24 February 2018 Scorecard
| Maharashtra 160 (44.3 overs) | v | Karnataka 164/1 (30.3 overs) |
| Shrikant Mundhe 50 (77) Krishnappa Gowtham 3/26 (10 overs) | | Mayank Agarwal 81 (86) Satyajeet Bachhav 1/32 (9.3 overs) |
* Karnataka won by 9 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: Nitin Menon and Virender Sharma
* Maharashtra won the toss and elected to bat.
* 2nd Semi-final 25 February 2018 Scorecard
| Saurashtra 255 (49.1 overs) | v | Andhra 196 (45.3 overs) |
| Arpit Vasavada 58 (59) Karthik Raman 4/69 (9.1 overs) | | Dwaraka Ravi Teja 42 (53) Dharmendrasinh Jadeja 4/40 (10 overs) |
* Saurashtra won by 59 runs Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: Anil Chaudhary and Virender Sharma
* Andhra won the toss and elected to field.

### Final

* Final 27 February 2018 Scorecard
| Karnataka 253 (45.5 overs) | v | Saurashtra 212 (46.3 overs) |
| Mayank Agarwal 90 (79) Kamlesh Makvana 4/34 (8.5 overs) | | Cheteshwar Pujara 94 (127) Krishnappa Gowtham 3/27 (10 overs) |
* Karnataka won by 41 runs Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: Anil Chaudhary and Nitin Menon Player of the match: Mayank Agarwal (Karnataka)
* Saurashtra won the toss and elected to field.